1963 Nankai Hawks Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 85-61
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (85-61)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium

1963 Nankai Hawks Roster

The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1963 season with a record of 85 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Hawks topped the league with 626 runs, ignited by 184 home runs. Nankai yielded 485 runs. Katsuya Nomura crushed 52 homers for the team, while Kent Hadley, Buddy Peterson and Kenji Koike each walloped 15 or more, too. Katsuya Nomura accounted for 135 RBI. Shozo Higuchi led all regular batters with a .312 average. Chikara Morinaka paced the team with 17 wins, and Mutsuo Minagawa registered a 2.54 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1963 Nankai Hawks who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Kent Hadley, Masanori Murakami, Buddy Peterson and Joe Stanka.

Kazuto Tsuruoka served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Chikara Morinaka178.6802.61472911133217.3191766312515116922866
Joe Stanka147.6672.563429574186.315463531360189704756
Tadashi Sugiura1416.4672.6451241991252.7217867430465156101990
Kiyohiro Miura1312.5202.5457241873219.7182776217645961401886
Mutsuo Minagawa129.5712.5453121821188.016562531633396300736
Eiichiro Takahashi116.6473.174327850161.714365571147184502663
Akitada Niiyama41.8002.85412140098.0873731713249000374
Takashige Kanehiko000.00101001.010000000003
Goro Tomishima004.0932060022.02512103901400096
Masanori Murakami004.50302002.0211120200010
Toshihiro Hayashi02.0003.3113350016.321661601110074
Totals8561.5822.70375150107431201365.0118848541011133122713402105454

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Yoshinori Hirose1496756269218727814604574145.299.342.435.77727242330
Katsuya Nomura150643550104160202521354584112.291.386.6181.0043402440511
Kent Hadley137560518671532503084133697.295.341.517.858268111324
Shozo Higuchi13551046457145129333952323.312.351.397.747184251710
Kenji Koike14960353470127193226520144782.238.302.408.710218841440
Buddy Peterson130524465671121602469304154.241.305.430.735200176390
Noboru Inoue13239936937951421439351952.257.299.420.71915593800
Motoaki Horigome1223212922775124624571628.257.305.387.69211316340
Nobushige Morishita1393813482875101423561931.216.259.284.5449993740
Yoshio Anabuki991411291530222810928.233.293.326.6184232100
Keiji Osawa9012310613252019101114.236.314.283.5973001500
Tadashi Suzuki891161008203031100724.200.252.320.5723200900
Tadashi Sugiura528377417202401427.221.259.325.5842500200
Isami Okamoto547470913102500314.186.219.286.5052020100
Teruo Shimabara64645401110070075.204.286.222.5081210120
Joe Stanka41625519200400121.164.179.200.3791100600
Chikara Morinaka49716139010000121.148.175.180.3551101800
Kiyohiro Miura58686418000300117.125.138.125.263800300
Hiroyuki Nakajima51302810700142218.250.276.357.6331000100
Eiichiro Takahashi49494727100300012.149.149.170.319810200
Akitada Niiyama4118171520120002.294.294.588.8821000100
Sumio Watarai3530263510121024.192.276.346.622901100
Mutsuo Minagawa53554825201100227.104.140.208.3481010500
Tsunemi Koizumi3221100110000.500.5002.0002.500400000
Kiyoshi Kanemura3220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Takao Suzuki171080000000023.000.200.000.200000000
Goro Tomishima32110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Toshihiro Hayashi13110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Totals21365616506262213011743218459610055377751.257.312.413.725209193391043415


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